Grant Mudford

Australian/American, b. 1944

Los Angeles (US-261/18a)
1977-1980

Gelatin silver print
20.25 x 26.25 x 1.125 in.
Museum Purchase with the Charter Member Endowment Fund
2005.76

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This object has the following keywords:

• black-and-white photographs - Refers to a broad class of photographs having images in gray tones, black, and white, and sometimes one hue (which can result from chemical processes used, including toning, or from aging).
• concrete - A hard, strong construction material comprising a mixture of sand, gravel, crushed rock, or other aggregate, held together, typically by a hardened paste of cement and/or lime. Several types of aggregate are used such as crushed stone, slag, cinders or gravel. Ancient Romans developed pozzolan cement about the 3rd century BCE. Modern concretes use various cements such as portland or hydraulic. Concrete is durable and relatively inexpensive, used for foundations, bridges, dams, walls, and highways. Concrete is strong in compression but weak in tension so it is often reinforced with steel bars or wire netting. Once a concrete mixture is stirred with water and poured into a mold, it is allowed to cure slowly over about a week. Stresses, such as vibration, freezing, and rapid drying, will diminish the strength and durability of the concrete. As it ages, concrete is subject to erosion, spalling, and pollution. Poor mixing can cause erosion. Spalling can be due to freeze-thaw cycles of moisture and ice, salt crystallization, or corrosion of steel reinforcements. Acid rain can deplete the natural alkaline reserve of fresh concrete.
• fire hydrants - Supply outlets for drawing water from mains or service pipes and usually located along streets and used for firefighting.
• power lines - Wires used for transmitting a supply of electrical energy to buildings.
• sidewalk
• signs
• soil - Unconsolidated material on the earth's surface formed by the weathering of rock and that portion of the earth's surface that can support plant life.
• tree

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Uses of the Real I , 1/20/2008 - 4/30/2011